Garden designer Sasaki holds 'Kaze no Denwa' picture book

Garden designer Sasaki holds 'Kaze no Denwa' picture book

TOKYO, Japan - Garden designer Itaru Sasaki in February 2014 holds picture book "Kaze no Denwa" (The Phone of the Wind), themed after a phone booth he built to provide a place to mourn for people who lost their loved ones in the March 2011 disaster, in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. Visitors talk with their missing or deceased family members or friends in their heart at the booth. The book was written by children's book author Yoko Imoto.

'Kaze no Denwa' phone booth in Otsuchi Town

'Kaze no Denwa' phone booth in Otsuchi Town

TOKYO, Japan - A phone booth built to provide a place to mourn for people who lose their loved ones in the March 2011 disaster stands in its builder Itaru Sasaki's garden in Otsuchi Town in Iwate Prefecture in February 2014.

Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

Japanese screenwriter Kyoko Inukai poses for a photo on Feb. 28, 2020, after attending an awards ceremony at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. The film "Kaze no Denwa" (Voices in the Wind) written by her after she was inspired by an actual story in a tsunami-hit northeastern Japan town was awarded Special Mention by the film festival's International Jury in Generation 14plus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

Japanese screenwriter Kyoko Inukai speaks during an awards ceremony at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 28, 2020. The film "Kaze no Denwa" (Voices in the Wind) written by her after she was inspired by an actual story in a tsunami-hit northeastern Japan town was awarded Special Mention by the film festival's International Jury in Generation 14plus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo